NCIt synonyms : BOCA; Mesoderm Development LRP Chaperone wt Allele; UNQ1911/PRO4369; Mesoderm Development Candidate 2 Gene; KIAA0081; MESDC2;
NCIt definition : Human MESD wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 15q25.1 and is approximately
44 kb in length. This allele, which encodes LDLR chaperone MESD protein, plays a role
in the modulation of the folding of low-density lipoprotein receptor family proteins.
A patient with infantile sacrococcygeal teratoma was found to have a balanced chromosomal
translocation t(12;15)(q13;q25) which fuses this gene and the SENP1 gene.;